Building construction.



No. 872,658` l PATENTBD DEC. 3,1907. W. V. LEE.

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

y APPLICATION FILED JULY3. 1907.

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W. v. LEE.

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 3.1907.l

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A TTORNYS WILLIAM V. LEE, OF URBANA, OHIO.

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3, 1907.

Application filed July 3. 1907. Serial No. 382.044.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM V. LEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Urbana, in the county of Champaign and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Building Construction, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to wooden buildings and more particularly to barns and similar structures.

The object of the invention is to provide a structure made up entirely of boards so arranged that the minimum amount of lumber will offer the maximum resistance to Wind pressure and to the weight of the roof and of material contained within the building, thereby greatly diminishing the cost.

Another object is to form the main beams or girders of a barn or other structure out of boards which are arranged in a novel manner so as to efliciently resist the stress to which they may be subjected.

A still further object is to provide novel means for bracing the walls and roof ofthe structure.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims.k

In the accompanying drawings is shown` the preferred form of the invention.

In said drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a skeleton structure embodying the present improvements, the roof strips and sidings being removed and certain other portions of the structure being removed and broken away. Fig. 2 is a transverse section through the upper portion of one end of the structure and showing one of the end wall plates and its truss in elevation, one of the purlin posts being shown in section. Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the roof of the structure at a point between the ends thereof and showing the relative positions of the braces and parallel plates in section. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section through one end of the structure and show ing the end wall plate and its truss in plan. Fig. 5 is a section on line :v -a2, Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a transverse section through the endcwall plate and showing one of the posts thereon in elevation. Fig. 7 is a detail view of the adjoining ends of one of the sectional purlin l plates and showing the splice therefor.

Fig. 8 is a section on line y-y, Fig. 1.

Referring tothe figures by characters of reference, 1 designates one of the end sills of the structure, the same being made up of an upstanding board 1a and a base board 1b,`

there being an inner upstanding portion 1o upon the base board. These boards are all firmly secured together and form a trough in which the posts and braces of the end wall are designed to rest as will be hereinafter set forth. The side sills 2 are made up of upstanding outer boards 2et and base boards 2b. The side walls are connected between their ends by cross sills 3 each of which is made up of a plurality of parallel boards placed on edge and spaced apart in any preferred manner as by means of spacing strips 3a. The side and end sills are secured together at the corners of the base formed thereby in any preferred manner, While thev cross sills 3 rest upon the base boards 2b on the side sills.

The corner posts 4 are made up respectively of a plurality of boards fastened together and these posts t within the corners. of the base frame. Intermediate posts 5 which are of similar construction are secured upon the base boards lb of the end sills and lighter posts, each of which is preferably formed of a single board 6, are secured upon the base boards 2b.

All of the posts are preferably fastened together by means of longitudinally extending nail ties 7 upon which the sidings 8 are designed to be nailed or otherwise secured.

Arranged upon the end posts 5 are cap strips 9 and those of said strips which are arranged upon the posts 5 at the sides of the middle and end posts are secured to the upper ends of diagonal braces 10 extending downward to the base board 1b and abutting against the lower ends of the adjoining posts 4 and 5. Secured upon the cap strips 9 and also upon the corner posts 4 is an end wall plate made up of a plurality of superposed contacting boards 11 and to the outer face of this end plate is secured an upstanding board 12 con-` stituting a support for the superstructure of the end wall. This superstructure is made up of central parallel posts I3 rabbeted at their lower ends as shown at 14 so as to fit snugly upon the board 12 and also upon the plate 11. These posts serve to support the end rafters 15 and interposed between the posts and rafters are diagonal braces 16 extending downward and secured to the board 12. Additional oppositely inclined braces 17 are fastened to the inner faces of the rafters 15 and rest upon the end plate 11 to which theyare secured. interposed between each end rafter and the board 12 is an inclined board 1S constituting` a short purlin post. Each of these posts is rabbeted at its upper end to receive a purlin plate 19 made up of two boards 19a and 19D disposed at right angles to each other and extending longitudinally of the structure. Each of the rafters 15 is made up of two sections which are secured upon the two outer faces of the purlin plate as shown particularly in Figs. 1 and 2.

Secured upon the end portions of the wall plate 11 are boards 20 which abut at their adjoining ends against an outstanding strip 21 which is fastened upon the wall plate 11. These boards 20 extend inward from the end plate 11 and are connected thereto by tie strips 22 while the inner ends of said boards are fastened together and to the strip 21 by means of spliced strips 23. The boards 2O and their connections constitute a truss to prevent the end wall of the structure from bulging when subjected to excessive outward pressure such as caused by quantities of material stored within the structure. It is to be understood, of course, that both of the end walls are trussed in this manner and while only one of the end walls has been shown in the drawing it may be stated that both of said walls will be similar in constructionin all respects. The end posts 4 also support wall plates 24 each of which is made up of an upper board 24L and an outer board 24h, the two boards being disposed at right angles to each other and secured together so as to form an angle strip extending throughout the length of the structure. These wall plates 24 are connected to the plates 11 by means of diagonal braces 25 located in the corners of the structure and said plates 24 also constitute rests for the lower ends of the lower sections of the rafters 26 which are interposed between the end rafters 15. Posts 27, each being preferably made up of two parallel boards spaced apart, are secured upon the ends of the cross sills 3, the boards constituting said posts preferably extending between the boards of the sills and resting on the base board 2b of the side sills 2. A ridge pole 28 is fastened to the upper ends of the rafters 15 and 26 and extending under this pole are collar beams 29 fastened to the upper ends of boards 30 which constitute ridge supports. These ridge supports extend downward to the posts 27 and extend between the boards constituting said posts. Said ridge supports are spaced from the rafters thereabove but are connected to them by means of roof stays 31 located at desired points.

The middle portions of the ridge supports extend between boards 32 which extend downward to the bases of the posts 27 and are fastened between the boards -of the sills 3. These boards 32 are connected by means of an inner or face board 33 extending upward to the ridge support 30. Each set of boards 33 and 32 constitutes a purlin post upon the upper end of which is mounted the purlin plate 19 hereinbefore referred to. Brace strips 34 are secured between the boards 32 and also between the boards constituting the post 27. Each purlin plate must of course extend throughout the length of the structure but it is not necessary that the boards, of which it is made, be continuous because if necessary the boards can be spliced by nailing or otherwise securing strips 35 upon the inner faces of the boards 19"L and 19h, as shown in Fig. 7. Purlin braces 36 are disposed diagonally between the purlin posts 32 and purlin plates 19.

In order that the roof may be braced against twisting under wind pressure diagonal braces 37 are secured at their ends to the upper ends of the purlin posts 18 and 32 and also to the ridge pole 28 and wall plates 24. These braces extend under the rafters as shown particularly in Fig. 1.

here the door is located the nail ties are of course removed and a horizontal board 33 is secured along the top of the door opening and above a plurality of cross strips 39. The outer one of these cross strips is designed to have the track 40 of the door fastened to it. The strips 39 support a post 41 provided with diagonal braces 42, said post having a cap strip 43 on which the wall plates 24 rest. Each of the posts 27 is also provided with a cap strip 44 so that the weight to which the wall plates are subjected will be transmitted through these cap strips to the posts and there is no danger of the wall plates breaking upon the ends of the posts. As shown in Fig. 1 the side boards are designed to be fastened upon the board 3S and also upon a strip 45 secured upon the outer surface of the wall plate 24. The track 40 and the truss thereabove are therefore housed.

1t will be noted from the foregoing description that all parts of the structure are made of boards with the possible exception of the ridge pole and the cost of construction is greatly cheapened because material is only used where needed to properly brace the structure. By arranging the braces and supports in the novel manner described practically the entire interior of the structure is open and therefore the construction described is particularly desirable in connection with barns because it can readily accommodate the conveyers commonly employed within said structures and which are preferably located `close to the roof.

Vhat is claimed is:

1. In a building construction the combination with a wall post comprising spaced boards of a purlin post extending from the base of the wall post and inclined away therefrom, said post comprising spaced boards and a shorter face board, a ridge support extending between the spaced boards of the purlin post and bearing upon one end of the face board thereof, one end of said support extending between and secured'to the spaced boards ofthe wall post.

2. In a building construction the combination with a wall post comprising spaced boards; of a purlin post extending from the base of the wall post and inclined away therefrom, said post comprising spaced boards and a shorter face board, a ridge support extending between the spaced boards of the purlin post and bearing upon one end of the face board thereof, one end of said support ex` tending between and secured to the spaced boards of the wall post, and a purlin plate comprising upper and lower boards secured at right angles to each other, said upper board resting upon the ends of the spacedboards of the purlin post, said spaced boards being rabbeted to receive the lower board of the purlin plate.

3. In a building construction the combination with a wall post consisting of spaced boards; of a purlin post extending upward from the base of and inclined away from the wall post, said purlin post comprising spaced boards and a shorter face board, braces connecting the purlin and wall posts, the ends of said .braces extending between the spaced boards of the posts and bearin upon and braced by the face boards, a pur in plate L- shaped in cross section and mounted upon the upper ends of the spaced boards of the- .purlin post, a wall plate L-shaped in cross section and secured upon the wall post, and rafters secured at their ends to the purlin and wall plates respectively.

4. In a building construction the combination with a trough-like sill consisting of a base board and upstanding side boards; of wall posts seated at their lower ends within the sill, each post consisting of a plurality of boards, a wall plate secured upon the posts, cap strips interposed between the posts and wall plate, diagonally disposed braces bearing at their upper ends against the ends of the cap strips and at their lower ends within the sill and against the bases of the adjoining posts.

5. In a building construction the combination with a purlin post comprising spaced boards and a shorter face board; of a ridge support extending between the spaced boards and bearing upon and supported by one end of the face board.

6. In a building construction the combination with a ridge support; of a purlin post comprising spaced boards extending across opposite faces of and above the support, and a shorter face board contacting with the bottom of and supporting the ridge support, the upper portions of the spaced boards being rabbeted, and a purlin plate mounted upon the spaced boards and comprising upper and lower boards secured at angles to each other, one of said boards resting within the rabbeted portions of the purlin post.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM V. LEE. 

